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Autore |
Clark William R. <1938-> |
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Titolo |
Sex and the origins of death / / William R. Clark [[electronic resource]] |
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New York ; , : Oxford University Press, , 2023 |
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�1996 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-770198-1 |
0-19-802660-9 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (205 p.) |
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Collana |
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Oxford scholarship online |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Cell death |
Death (Biology) |
Apoptosis |
Sex (Biology) |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Previously issued in print: 1996. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-185) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Prologue; 1. Death of a Cell; 2. A Second Face of Death; 3. Sex, Segregation, and the Origins of Cellular Death; 4. From Sex to Death: The Puzzle of Senescence; 5. A Hierarchy of Cells: The Definition of Brain Death; 6. Standing at the Abyss: Viruses, Spores and the Meaning of Life; 7. Coming to Closure; Epilogue; Further Reading; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Sex and the Origins of Death, Professor William Clark looks at life and death at a cellular level, as he addresses questions such as why we age, why death exists, and why sex and death go hand in hand. |
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